Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 6 to 7, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 6 to 7, 1999
Start: 1999-08-06T22:00
End: 1999-08-07T07:00
Location: Nebraska

August 6 to 7, 1999 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:57 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Washington

When: August 6, 10:00 PM CST to August 7, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Arlington
Property damage: $4.0 million
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.531, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Very heavy rain, Blair received 8 inches, fell over much of Washington county from Friday afternoon into early Saturday morning 8/7/99. Street flooding was reported in Arlington, Blair and Herman, especially along Bell Creek. A 20 foot deep gorge was carved out along highway 75 north of Fort Calhoun. Highway 30 in Arlington was flooded and highway 75 south of Blair was closed until 1100 am cst 8/7/99 due to flood waters. The flooding caused around 4 million dollars in damage mainly due to flooded basements and vehicles and washed out roads and bridges.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, August 1999

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5714636.